Comments on: Facebook updates Beacon: now opt-in http://www.insidefacebook.com/2007/11/29/facebook-updates-beacon-now-truly-opt-in/ Tracking Facebook and the Facebook Platform for Developers and Marketers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:28:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sawickipedia » Blog Archive » facebook’s beacon program isn’t the spawn of the devil - why you’ll grow to love it too http://www.insidefacebook.com/2007/11/29/facebook-updates-beacon-now-truly-opt-in/comment-page-1/#comment-26280 Sawickipedia » Blog Archive » facebook’s beacon program isn’t the spawn of the devil - why you’ll grow to love it too Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:33:21 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/2007/11/29/facebook-updates-beacon-now-truly-opt-in/#comment-26280 [...] darn fault. C’mon folks take some responsibility here. Anyway for more on the changes start here. The images on this post represent what the notices look like post-changes. If you compare them to [...] [...] darn fault. C’mon folks take some responsibility here. Anyway for more on the changes start here. The images on this post represent what the notices look like post-changes. If you compare them to [...]

]]> By: Hooman Radfar http://www.insidefacebook.com/2007/11/29/facebook-updates-beacon-now-truly-opt-in/comment-page-1/#comment-3801 Hooman Radfar Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:01:55 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/2007/11/29/facebook-updates-beacon-now-truly-opt-in/#comment-3801 PaidContent has a pretty interesting related post on how Coke and other advertisers are pulling out of the program. I think the Jury is still out on the Facebook Ad Programs, but the road is definitely going to be rocky for a bit. PaidContent has a pretty interesting related post on how Coke and other advertisers are pulling out of the program. I think the Jury is still out on the Facebook Ad Programs, but the road is definitely going to be rocky for a bit.

]]> By: Facebook finds a new course for Beacon « reDesign http://www.insidefacebook.com/2007/11/29/facebook-updates-beacon-now-truly-opt-in/comment-page-1/#comment-3763 Facebook finds a new course for Beacon « reDesign Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:13:02 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/2007/11/29/facebook-updates-beacon-now-truly-opt-in/#comment-3763 [...] Facebook updates Beacon: now truly opt-in (Inside Facebook) [...] [...] Facebook updates Beacon: now truly opt-in (Inside Facebook) [...]

]]> By: Rocky http://www.insidefacebook.com/2007/11/29/facebook-updates-beacon-now-truly-opt-in/comment-page-1/#comment-3762 Rocky Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:11:28 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/2007/11/29/facebook-updates-beacon-now-truly-opt-in/#comment-3762 It's a stretch to call this "truly opt-in". It addresses automatic publication of the data, but it doesn't address the collection. The collection still happens. Facebook, to my knowledge, has not come out and said what happens to data that users choose not to publish. More here: http://blog.agrawals.org/2007/11/29/facebook-finds-a-new-course-for-beacon/ It’s a stretch to call this “truly opt-in”. It addresses automatic publication of the data, but it doesn’t address the collection.

The collection still happens. Facebook, to my knowledge, has not come out and said what happens to data that users choose not to publish.

More here:
http://blog.agrawals.org/2007/11/29/facebook-finds-a-new-course-for-beacon/

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